The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.

Quote by TS Eliot

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A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

Hell is oneself, Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections.

Hell is oneself, Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections.

The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.

The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.

In the vain laughter of folly, wisdom hears half its applause.

In the vain laughter of folly, wisdom hears half its applause.

Each venture is a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate with shabby equipment always...

Each venture is a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate with shabby equipment always...

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper,...

Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper,...

I take as metaphysical poetry that in which what is ordinarily apprehensible only by thought...

I take as metaphysical poetry that in which what is ordinarily apprehensible only by thought...

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred...

If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred...

Our difficulties of the moment must always be dealt with somehow, but our permanent difficulties...

Our difficulties of the moment must always be dealt with somehow, but our permanent difficulties...

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

Human kind cannot bear much reality.

Human kind cannot bear much reality.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one...

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one...

There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more...

There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more...

Enjoy the times in which you are challenged in life, so that you may better...

Enjoy the times in which you are challenged in life, so that you may better...

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live...

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live...